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Michael Luntley's provocative study of Philosophical Investigations challenges some prevalent basic assumptions concerning the orientation provided by the work's opening sections. It will profit anyone with an interest in Wittgenstein." Adrian Moore, University of Oxford "An original, radical, and iconoclastic reading of the Philosophical Investigations." David Stern, University of Iowa

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This lucid and engaging volume provides an introduction to the essential issues and concepts of contemporary analytic philosophy.

Michael Luntley provides a lively introduction to the debate over postmodernism. Sympathisers of the postmodernist critique of absolute knowledge have jetisoned concepts of reason, t ruth and self, this abandonment has fuelled their opponents' case against postmodernism. This has led them to ignore the very real problems raised by the postmodernists. Luntley offers a clear and careful exposition of how rational debate survives despite the Enli...

Realism is a myth. It is an unnecessary and untenable myth which has overshadowed our grasp of the concepts of objectivity and truth. This book seeks to show why it is an untenable myth and how we can live with the recognition that it is unnecessary.

In this important study, Michael Luntley offers a compelling reading of Wittgenstein's account of meaning and intentionality, based upon a unifying theme in the early and later philosophies. A compelling reading of Wittgenstein's account of meaning and intentionality. Offers an important and original reading of Wittgenstein's key texts. Based upon a unifying theme in Wittgenstein's early and later philosophies.